By Alex Smith
Publication Date: 2026-11-09 06:51:00
By Alex Smith |
Forefront Dermatology has reduced manual reporting workloads by 85 per cent after modernising its data infrastructure with Microsoft Fabric and technology partner Formula5.
The US healthcare provider, which operates more than 300 clinics across 30 states and employs 700 clinicians, previously relied on disparate systems inherited through acquisitions. Data was spread across electronic health records, scheduling, finance and operations platforms, while reporting depended on legacy Microsoft SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) and SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) packages maintained by a central team. The fragmented environment made it difficult to establish consistent definitions for providers, locations and service codes, while requests for new reports often required intervention from the central team.
The provider therefore developed a three-year strategy to modernise…
